“To be a disabled oracle is someone who tells their truths in a hostile ableist world that does not believe you,” said local disability rights activist Alice Wong in a January interview with the UK Guardian, on the occasion of receiving a MacArthur genius grant last year. “The pandemic reveals an attitude that disabled, sick, poor and immunocompromised people are disposable. Disabled people already know what it is like to not be believed by the medical establishment when they have a mysterious illness such as long Covid. Disabled people foresaw correctly the need to mask in spite of mask bans and the dangers from lack of masking in healthcare settings.”

She also had strong words for the current administration, and American society: “The election of Donald Trump reflects the fascism, racis

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